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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Gothic Romance, The Scarlet Letter, encircles Boston society during the era of Puritanism. Hawthorne introduces Hester Prynne on the town scaffold, wearing her stamp of shame—the scarlet letter—and holds her infant tight in fear of being punished for committing adultery. The infant, Pearl Prynne, flourishes into a stubborn, wild-child whose clever and inquisitive nature exceeds any child her age. While Pearl is confined within a bubble of solitude, she is left to wonder…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne paints the image of a Puritan Boston which is at best spiritually zealous, and at worse, legalistic. Legalism, in its religious sense, is defined as “the judging of conduct in terms of adherence to precise laws...the doctrine that salvation is gained through good works” (“Legalism.”). In the novel, Hawthorne neither idealizes nor demonizes the Puritans as a whole, although he does attack specific instances of legalism and self-righteousness. Throughout…

the importance of following God’s will and maintaining a reputation free of sin. Consequently, failure to follow the strict laws and norms of daily life most often resulted in severe punishments or public infamy. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter juxtaposes the effects of these ramifications and of hiding sin upon one’s life. After Hester commits adultery with Dimmesdale, a minister, whose role in the sin is unbeknownst to the public, the town magistrates force Hester to wear an…

belief, punishments can be beneficial. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter displays one example of this situation. The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne, who committed adultery, and now must wear a scarlet letter. Guilt is consuming Arthur Dimmesdale, who also committed adultery, and remains unidentified until the end. The child that was borne from Hester, named Pearl, is an exact representation of the scarlet letter. The symbol of the “A” represents Pearl’s sinful birth and allows…

Truths denote facts and genuineness. Human beings struggle with honesty as part of the human condition. People need to be true to themselves before they can be so to others, but sin constructs challenges. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter, offers to reveal these human conditions, allegorizing through each of the characters. Pearl characterizes universal truth through her interrogation of Hester, her attitude towards Reverend Dimmesdale, and her acclamation of whom she is and…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, most characters are created as subjects under Puritan ideals, yet Pearl, the daughter of the women most toiled by the judgements of Puritanism, is the character who is able to defy those ideals. Hawthorne presents Pearl as the antithesis to Puritan values through the various ways her character can be interpreted; these abstract characterizations of Pearl as nature, the scarlet letter itself, and a romantic hero which distinguish her as the…

Sin (Write Prompt Title Here) Looking back on how we got sinful, how can we do sinful actions? How can we forgiven of our sins? [HK]. The Scarlet Letter is a novel that involves a particular sin human beings often commit [BRG]. In Hawthorne’s novel, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale committed adultery and we find that their sin changed influenced their life completely [TH]. We can find about the consequences of Prynne’s and Dimmesdale’s sin as a punishment, how a sin impacted their…

aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Society has taught us that beauty can be portrayed through a magazine’s idea of perfection, but in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, The Scarlet Letter, he introduces a character who quickly contrasts to our modern day definition of beauty. Hester Prynne, the main character of The Scarlet Letter, portrays her beauty not through her outward appearance, but a startling loveliness to her soul. Throughout the story, the underlying struggle of Hester Prynne was that…

The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is about a young woman named Hester Prynne, who has recently moved from England to America. The plan was for her to go on ahead while her husband stayed for a little while and got their affairs in order. After not hearing from or of him for a long time she assumed that he had either stayed in England or perished at sea and decided to move on with her life. She developed a secret relationship…

The Scarlet Letter introduces perplexing characters who continuously keep the reader guessing, usually about their next move. These characters include Pearl, Hester’s daughter, Mistress Hibbins and Hester Prynne. During the book, these main characters bring their own recurring sequence to the novel. The characters and their actions creates a symbolic link to the main plot of the novel. Pearl is the second main character to our story. She is the “mistake” that Hester must have for the…